Nikolaj

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Male Name

Usage

Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
Finnish
Greenlandic
Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Nordic spelling of Николай (Nikolay), a Russian form of Nicolai

Related Names

See Nicolai

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Nikolajsen
Nikolajsson

Female

Nikolajsdatter
Nikolajsdóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Nikolaj
Genitive:	Nikolajs

- Finnish
Nominative:	Nikolaj
Genitive:	Nikolaj'n
Partitive:	Nikolaj'ta

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Nikolaj
Accusative:	Nikolaj
Dative:	Nikolaj
Genitive:	Nikolajs

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Nikolaj
Genitive:	Nikolajs

- Swedish
Nominative:	Nikolaj
Genitive:	Nikolajs

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Denmark: 17th century
• Iceland: Officially approved as a given name on 24 November 2020

Strongest Period of Usage

• Denmark: 1970-

Predominant Regional Usage

• Denmark: Bornholm

Namesakes

• Nikolaj Frobenius (born 29 September 1965), Norwegian novelist and screen writer
• Nikolaj Lie Kaas (born 22 May 1973), Danish actor

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Denmark		9866	n.a.	0	n.a.	9866	n.a.
Sweden		392	773	2	4	390	769
Greenland		155	666	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Finland		n.a.	245	0	0	n.a.	245
Iceland		7	8	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	146	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

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